In the field of performance mobile phones, iQOO is a brand that many players and users can't avoid. At the beginning of November, iQOO's digital series iQOO12 was released, which rolled up the telephoto image on the basis of the original powerful performance. On December 27th, the Neo series launched the iQOO Neo9 series, and this time the new machine has been greatly improved in all aspects. Especially in terms of performance, with the blessing of dual cores, we will see how the iQOO Neo9 series equipped with Dimensity 9300 and the gaming Q1 chip developed by the blue factory has performed.
Appearance
The appearance ID of the iQOO Neo9 series this time has changed quite a lot, and there are three colors, namely: nautical blue with porcelain enamel texture, fighting black with fluorite AG glass, and the most special red and white soul.
iQOO Neo9 Pro Red & White Soul weighs 190g and is 8 thick34mm。The back is spliced with two-color double-grain plain leather, the off-white area is made of carbon fiber vein leather, the red area is made of skin-feeling lychee vein leather, and then the two are integrated with ultra-fine bibone, so that the red and white soul is on a back cover plane, realizing a double feel. In the actual grip, the different textures on both sides make it quite rich to the touch.
The change in the image module is to separate the lenses, as if they were placed in two smaller versions of the portholes. iQOO Neo9 Series Red and White Soul The back of the red and white soul is not to be said first, but the overall look is still relatively harmonious, and this red and white color scheme is indeed very eye-catching, and it must be full in terms of recognition.
Performance
The iQOO Neo9 is a dual-core combination, and the main difference is that the iQOO Neo9 is the 2nd generation Snapdragon 8+ self-developed gaming chip Q1;The iQOO Neo9 Pro is the Dimensity 9300+ self-developed gaming chip Q1. Here we take the iQOO Neo9 Pro as an example, with LPDDR5X and UFS40, Antutu running score is close to 220w points, the specific actual performance, we test in the game.
For those with relatively small loads such as kings and chickens, we will take the 120 frames + extremely high-quality "Glory of Kings" as a reference. Judging from the frame rate graph, the iQOO Neo9 Pro did not show obvious frame drops or fluctuations, and almost ran to the full frame rate throughout the whole process, with an average frame rate of 1195 frames. During this period, the game screen is silky and smooth, and the body temperature is about 376℃。
iQOO Neo9 Pro Honor of Kings game frame rate.
iQOO Neo9 Pro "Honor of Kings" body front and back temperature.
In "Genshin Impact", adjust the setting to 60 frames + full image quality, and run the map in Sumeru City, where the rendering load is relatively large, for 30 minutes. The iQOO Neo9 Pro's overall frame rate performance remains strong, with an average frame rate of 595 frames, the frame rate curve is also very straight, and the fluctuation of the frame rate is mainly concentrated in the fishing place of the pier in Sumeru City. The temperature of the iQOO Neo9 Pro body is not high during the running of the picture, about 390℃，
iQOO Neo9 Pro Genshin Impact game frame rate.
iQOO Neo9 Pro "Genshin Impact" body front and back temperature.
Then try the game scene with a larger load, "Honkai: Star Dome Railway" Chang Lokuten, 60 frames + full picture quality. The performance of the iQOO Neo9 Pro is more brutal and stable, with an average frame rate of up to 597 frames. Judging from the actual running map, the place that affects the change of frame rate the most is still the blue finch fishing area, and the other places are almost full or even full of frames. The maximum temperature of the iQOO Neo9 Pro body is 433℃。
iQOO Neo9 Pro Honkai: Star Rail game frame rate.
iQOO Neo9 Pro "Honkai: Star Dome Railway" front and back temperatures.
In addition to optimizing the regular gaming experience, the self-developed battery chip Q1 equipped with the iQOO Neo9 series also provides black technology that can further improve the gaming experience. It consists of game superresolution technology, game supertone technology and frame perception technology 20 composition, with the self-developed e-sports chip Q1, the combination of software and hardware creates a more extreme gaming experience for players. Take Genshin Impact as an example, turn on the game superscore option in the game, and the maximum you can achieve is 15k 900p Super Resolution. In the actual game, after turning on the super score, the faces and edge contours of the game characters have become significantly clearer and sharper, and even the Sky Island in the background has become clearer, and the overall look and feel of the overall picture has been greatly improved.
iQOO Neo9 Pro "Genshin Impact" Game Super Score Feature Display.
screen
The iQOO Neo9 Pro is equipped with a 6 on the front48-inch 8T all-weather super sensitive screen, 15K resolution (2800*1260), up to 144Hz refresh rate, support 1-144Hz intelligent dynamic refresh rate.
After manual measurement, the manual maximum brightness of this screen is 522nit, and the global excitation brightness is about 1400nit, covering 100% of the SRGB color gamut and 98% of the P3 color gamut, with a color accuracy of E 103。
In terms of eye protection, the iQOO Neo9 Pro has a flagship-level all-scene eye protection strategy, optimizes the brightness adjustment of multiple scenes, and all systems have passed the SGS low blue light certification and SGS low flicker certification, which can effectively protect the eyes of gamers. In addition, at a screen brightness of 2 600nit, users can turn on "full high-frequency dimming" through developer options to achieve 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, further reducing the impact of screen flicker on users' eyes.
Imagery
iQOO Neo9 Pro adopts a dual camera combination, and the main camera is equipped with the same 50 million pixel Sony custom VCS IMX920 sensor as the image flagship, 1 149 inches, f 188 large apertures;The ultra-wide angle is also the same as the flagship, the 50 million pixel Samsung JN1, F 22 large apertures, 119° ultra-wide angle, support AF autofocus. At the same time, the software also has a number of blue factory latest flagship algorithm nice, users can use iQOO neo9 Pro to shoot clearer, more color restoration, so that it can be easier to record the daily wonderful.
Sample one. Sample 2.
Sample three. Endurance
The iQOO Neo9 Pro is equipped with the highest 5160mAh battery capacity in the history of the NEO series when the body becomes thinner, taking into account the feel and battery life, with the included 120W dual C-port charging head (supporting up to 100W PD protocol and 100W PPS protocol), the measured charge is 54% in 10 minutes, and it is fully charged in 29 minutes. After six hours of heavy power consumption measurement, the iQOO Neo9 Pro finally has 28% left, which can basically say goodbye to battery life anxiety in terms of daily use.
Miscellaneous
Let's briefly talk about the iQOO Family Bucket series released at the same time as the iQOO Neo9 series, including the iQOO Watch, IQOO TWS 1E and IQOO Cooling Clip 2, which may be the "first set of family buckets for young people" belonging to iQOO users. With the three-piece set of iQOO neo9, it covers multiple usage scenarios of users' daily office and learning, as well as games and entertainment, bringing a more comfortable experience.
Summary
This time, the appearance of the iQOO Neo9 series has changed greatly, especially the red and white soul color scheme, which uses red and white color matching, paying tribute to the red and white machine, and at the same time, it also evokes the memories of many old players, remembering that he was once a pure and enthusiastic teenager. It can be said that this bold collision of red and white is a win-win situation, paying tribute to the classics, picking up feelings and full of recognition.
In terms of experience, compared with the iQOO digital series, the NEO series pays more attention to the performance track, especially the iQOO Neo9 Pro equipped with Dimensity 9300, which can take into account the battery life and control the heating of the fuselage while releasing powerful performance and stability. It can be said that in terms of gaming performance, the iQOO Neo9 Pro can already wrestle with the flagship series.
Overall, as the last phone to be released by iQOO in 2023, the iQOO Neo9 series can be called sincere. The overall actual performance is also quite surprising, in terms of performance, screen, appearance, image and battery life, etc., it belongs to the first echelon of the same price range.